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pretzellogic
Posted on: Your First Mooncake
February 24, 2011 at 9:25 AMmeat in a cake. I thought I was just mis-hearing things.
Posted on: Second-hand Bicycle
February 23, 2011 at 6:07 PMIs the translation for 可 kè, short for 可是 kèshī in the sentence 可我才骑了五分钟。。。, "but"? In the dialogue, its' translated as "that's not such a big deal".
Posted on: No Hot Water
February 22, 2011 at 2:20 AMI always thought it was funny to go to Beijing, and you could safely assume that you had 24-hour hot water. You didn't even have to ask. Then we'd go to the village, and get water from 6-10am, and 6-10pm.
Posted on: Substitute Teacher
February 18, 2011 at 6:13 AMI think I was in the 7th grade. The normal social studies teacher was out sick or something. I don't know how my school district gets substitute teachers, but we ended up with a teacher who seemed to be in his 50s. I vaguelly recall the substitute saying that our regular teacher didn't leave him with a teaching plan for today, so he wasn't sure what to teach. Not quite sure how we got on the topic of hypnosis, but he mentioned that he could do it. I think us students were interested in seeming him demonstrate what he could do.
He asked for a couple of volunteers in the class. I volunteered, along with another kid. I remember the whole thing, and i'll give the abbreviated version now. He went through the 5, 4, 3, 2, 1 thing, and asked me to stick out my hand. It didn't hurt, He didn't make me act like an idiot, and I was fine afterward. I found out from other kids afterward that the teacher put a lit match under my hand, and I didn't feel a thing.
Posted on: The Olympic Marathon
February 18, 2011 at 5:20 AMhehe, the last time I was this flexible, I was 4 months old ;-) I don't bend, I lean if my form is right.
Posted on: The Olympic Marathon
February 18, 2011 at 4:05 AMYou may be right, or at least the trend is pointing in that direction. The last race I ran in was about 2 years ago, and I thought I saw a few people doing static stretching. I didn't see a lot of people engaging in dynamic stretching, although what I tend to do myself might be considered dynamic stretching, if I weren't so lazy and inconsistent about it.
Posted on: Chinese Medicine: Acupuncture, Cupping and Scraping
February 18, 2011 at 3:45 AMwhen you mouse over the 根 (gen1) in the dialogue sentence 而且一根冒烟的针插到肉里 on the fourth line, you don't get a translation. It would be helpful for cpod to put in the dialogue that this is a bound form with some other word. thanks.
Posted on: The Olympic Marathon
February 18, 2011 at 2:55 AMI love this study. Pass on the stretching.
http://well.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/09/01/phys-ed-does-stretching-before-running-prevent-injuries/
Posted on: The Olympic Marathon
February 18, 2011 at 2:46 AMNote to runners: maybe its not the endorphins after all...
http://well.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/02/16/phys-ed-what-really-causes-runners-high/?src=me&ref=general
Posted on: Second-hand Bicycle
February 25, 2011 at 4:39 AMThanks Jason!